Sade and her daughters.
Sade and her daughters.
Jan. 04, 2024 | Nigeria

Family Escapes Attackers, Fire

[233] prayers in [14] nations have been posted for Sade.

Sade, who has been nearly blind most of her life, heard screams as attackers raided her village, so she ran with her three daughters in search of safety. Radical Muslim Fulani men had attacked her village before, so Sade knew their lives were in danger. She, her children and several others took shelter in her brother’s apartment. When militants found them and couldn’t break in, they set the building on fire. The apartment filled with smoke, but the group feared leaving. To help her children breathe, Sade dampened her skirt and wrapped it around their faces, but soon the heat became unbearable, and they had to evacuate the building. Fortunately, the militants had left by then. Sade watched as the building burned to the ground and later learned that her husband had been fatally shot as he tried to flee. Sade and her children now live in a camp for internally displaced people.

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  • This Easter please give Sade joy in knowing that she has suffered for the gospel and that Jesus understands her pain.
    Rebecca H - New Zealand
  • Our loving Father, we lift up Safiand her children to you for a special anointing of peace and Grace to meet their every need. We asked for you to relieve all of their fears and replace them with faith and trust in Jesus who is their faithful high priest. We ask that you surround this family with loving Christians who will lift them up and love them.
    Barry P - USA
  • Father, please bring healing and comfort to the hearts, minds, and emotions of Sade and her daughters. May they trust Jesus fully. Please protect them and provide for their needs. May they let Jesus live through them and be led by the Spirit. Draw others in the camp to Jesus so that the family of God grows in numbers and faith and truth. Thank you.
    Vicki Y - USA
  • I pray for Sade and her family as they strive to live life. Lord, provide for them in camp. O Lord, make them strong in Christ. May they know the love of God thru Christ. Amen
    joey S - USA
  • I pray for Sade and her family as they strive to live life. Lord, provide for them in camp. O Lord, make them strong in Christ. May they know the love of God thru Christ. Amen
    joey S - USA
  • Without a man to protect and provide for them this family will have a difficult time forging a new life. We ask for Your peace and provision as they live with others who are also suffering unspeakable loss. Reveal Yourself to them as Jehovah Jireh, their Provider who loves them more than any earthly person.
    May they find fellowship with others.
    Toni D - USA
  • God willing, have an Acknowledgement of God's Holiness Revival, transcending religious divides and ushering in a new era of unity, peace, and reverence for the Almighty. May this revival not only unite Christians and Sunni Muslims but also inspire a nation to honor God's holiness in all aspects of life. Through faith, resilience, and love of God,
    Tricia C - USA
  • Heavenly Father, we life up Sade and her daughters to Your throne of grace. We ask for Your mercy and peace upon them. Lord provide for their needs. Give them a place of safety and protection from future attacks. We pray for their faith in Jesus continue to grow. Save those Fulani attackers from their sins. In Jesus great and Precious name Amen.
    Alvin A - USA
  • Dear sister in Christ, I pray for you and your family. May God keep you in his hand. The mighty name of Jesus is powerful. Look up! For our redemption draws nigh. Jesus is coming back! We're fighting a battle that he's already won. In His Love. Amen.
    Susan R - USA
  • In the saving name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Yeshua, God Who saves, as brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You for Your salvation of Sade and family. We ask for a hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • DEAR MIGHTY ðŸ'- ABBA, KING OF THE UNIVERSE (JESUS DECLARED THIS WHEN HOLDING THE LOAVES UP TO YOU WHEN FEEDING THE 5 or 7 Thousand, +families); DEAR SAVIOR AND LORD JESUS, ONLY BEGOTTON SON OF OUR ABBA, BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT, we worship YOU for supplying a place of refuge for our dear sis, COMFORT her and kids in loss of their father
    Carolyn A - USA
  • Dear lord please bless Sade. May she find comfort knowing You are with her and that her husband is with You. Through Jesus who supplies His sheep's need. Amen
    Peggy A - USA
  • Almighty God, I pray you will comfort Sade in the loss of her husband. Grant her and her daughters strength daily to look to Jesus for hope and strength. Through such disaster, may you bring beauty out of ashes! In your power bless, touch and heal her eyes. Provide their necessities, protection and hope. Jesus have mercy I pray Pat US
    Patricia S - USA
  • Dear Lord, may you protect and comfort Sade and her children in their destitution and grief. May their faith remain steady and become a witness to their persecutors. Amen.
    Tom H - USA
  • In the powerful name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, El Shaddai, God Almighty, as brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You that Sade and family fear You not mankind. We ask for provision, a hedge of protection, and angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to them. Amen.
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord we grieve for the husband of this precious Christian woman who is killed. We pray that you would protect Christians in Nigeria, and provide for their safety. Father, as the enemy has come in, like a flood, Lord, you raise up a standard against him!! Father, continue to greatly embolden and encourage the Christians in Nigeria! let the enemy fall in
    Erin C - USA
  • Oh God, how this violence and evil must grieve your heart! Thank you for preserving Sade's life and the lives of her children. Comfort her in her grief and provide for her needs, giving her hope for her future. Direct her path and remind her that you care for widows and are a Father to the fatherless. Bring beauty out of the ashes we pray.
    Jackie V - USA
  • Father in Jesus Name I thank You for your protection of this family and the wisdom and strength you gave Sade. As they seek refuge, please continue to direct their path. Please also comfort them as they mourn the loss of husband and Father. I ask that you would use their testimony to show others that You are the Saving God. In Jesus Name Amen.
    Trecia J - USA
  • Jesus I thank you Sade and her daughters that they were able to escape the attack on their village. I pray you comfort their heart over the loss of her husband. I pray you grow their faith help them forgive. I pray they will evangelize for you mighty. Protect and empower them for your service. I pray salvation for the Muslim Fulani men. Amen Jesus.
    Eric D - USA
  • Father, I cannot fathom what Sade suffers in terms of grief and trauma from what happen to her and her husband and daughters but Your grace and peace are sufficient for Sade. I ask that You would surround her with supernatural peace and grace. Father please bring recovery to her three daughters who witnessed this brutality and fill them with peace.
    Forrest B - USA
  • Father, we sit with Sade in her deep grief, along with all our brothers and sisters in Nigeria who have recently been terrorized. We ask you to bring light and hope where there has been only darkness and despair. Please grant Sade and her children a home and a faith community.
    Brenda M - USA
  • Precious Lord, please see the need of all involved in this and provide strength, energy, wisdom, determination and Grace. Please bless all Your loyal believers openly so all can see and may all the lost here be saved. In Jesus name I pray, Amen MARANATHA!
    Della H - USA
  • Gracious Lord God, thank You that people are finding Your salvation through these resources. Please help these new believers learn to walk with You in prayer, to be instructed by Your Word and to share their faith with others. Provide fellowship for them with other believers. Guide and bless all who are involved in making these resources available.
    Marian P - USA
  • In the powerful name and presence of Jesus, our heavenly Father, El Shaddai, God Almighty, as brothers and sisters in Christ we praise You for Your presence with and faithfulness of Sade and family. We ask for hedge of protection, angels direct from heaven to encamp around and minister to them. Amen.
    Gary F - USA
  • Dear Lord, I cry out to you for my sister Sade & her family at the loss of their father & husband. Heal their hearts & prepare a safe home for them. Show them your steadfast love & care for them. May they feel your Spirit in this sad time. I implore you, Lord, to turn the hearts of the Fulani. May their men flee the evil they do. May Jesus follow them.
    Shelly D - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Sade & her children: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Sade's faith! Console this family at the loss of their murdered loved one. Bring their radical Fulani Muslim attackers to repentance & faith. Ame
    Lisa D - USA
  • Father God, I lift up Sade and her daughters as they mourn the loss of their father and husband. Thank you for their lives and comfort them in their affliction. Help them to love their enemies and deliver them from despair and bitterness. Let them see some good things come out of this tragedy in their lives.
    Jennifer Robinson E - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Sade & her children: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Sade's faith! Console this family at the loss of their murdered loved one. Bring the radical Fulani Muslim attackers to repentance & faith. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Holy Almighty Father, We lift up Sade and her children up into your loving hands, help and protect them as they move forward in their faith in you, and we bind and destroy all demonic strongholds against this family and their bloodline, In Yeshua's Name - Amen.
    Sabrina T - USA
  • Adoni please break the demonic strongholds in this country. Answer peace, assurance that you watch over them, you alone are their Father, sustainer. Bless them with powerful spirit of prayer, worship & praise that will thunder the heavens. God soften our hearts to be generous in help meet their needs in Jesus name we pray
    BENEDICTA N - USA
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